चीज़

See also: चीज

Hindi

Alternative forms

• चीज (cīj)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːz/, /t͡ʃiːd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Iranian *čiš-čid

Classical Persian چِیز (čīz)bor.

Hindi चीज़ (cīz)

Borrowed from Classical Persian چیز (čīz, “object, thing, stuff”). Compare Punjabi ਚੀਜ਼ (cīz) / چِیز (cīz), Gujarati ચીજ (cīj), Marathi चीज (cīj), Nepali चिज (cij), Bengali চিজ (cij).

Noun

चीज़ • (cīz) f (Urdu spelling چِیز)

1. thing, object, item

   Synonyms: वस्तु (vastu), जिन्स (jins)

2. (music) cheez

Declension

Declension of चीज़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चीज़ cīz	चीज़ें cīzẽ
oblique	चीज़ cīz	चीज़ों cīzõ
vocative	चीज़ cīz	चीज़ो cīzo

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin cāseusbor.

Proto-West Germanic *kāsī

Old English ċīese

Middle English chese

English cheesebor.

Hindi चीज़ (cīz)

Borrowed from English cheese.

Noun

चीज़ • (cīz) m (Urdu spelling چِیز)

1. cheese

Declension

Declension of चीज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चीज़ cīz	चीज़ cīz
oblique	चीज़ cīz	चीज़ों cīzõ
vocative	चीज़ cīz	चीज़ो cīzo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चीज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “चीज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.